Paramedic dies in crash on way to emergency in North Queensland

Author : mamun Published: January 27, 2019

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January 28, 2019 15:26:50

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Tyre marks show where the ambulance left Mackay Eungulla Road and rolled. (ABC News: Angel Maree Parsons)

A Queensland Ambulance Service paramedic has died after an ambulance crashed in North Queensland this morning.

Emergency crews were called to Mackay-Eungella Road in Benholme, west of Mackay, around 8:00am after reports the vehicle had left the road, rolled several times and hit a tree.

The 32-year-old man was the only occupant and was responding to a code-1 emergency at the time of the crash.

Authorities worked to save him but he died at the scene.

Topics:

emergency-incidents,

road,

accidents,

disasters-and-accidents,

benholme-4754,

qld,

mackay-4740,

brisbane-4000,

australia

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January 28, 2019 13:21:10

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